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Stenting as a Rescue Treatment of a Pulmonary Artery False Aneurysm Caused by Swan-Ganz Catheterization

Pulmonary vascular injury is a rare but life-threatening complication of Swan-Ganz catheterization. We report an 82-year old patient who underwent right heart catheterization by a balloon-tipped catheter because of suspected pulmonary hypertension. After deflation of the catheter in the wedge positi...

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Autores principales: Keymel, Stefanie, Merx, Marc W., Zeus, Tobias, Kelm, Malte, Steiner, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/893647